You’ve written a book and have decided that self-publishing is the route for you, but are you ready? Publishing a book is a process—and an accomplishment!—so it’s important to know what you’re getting into, to plan in advance, and not to rush. (more…)
Have you ever thought of the perfect song that coincides with a scene in your book, the song that describes the exact emotion you want to convey? I think we all have. (more…)
Letting go of your manuscript can be a difficult experience. After writing and putting bits of yourself into your book, it isn’t always easy to hand it off for an editor to critique and change, but it’s a necessary step of the publishing process. Here are a few ways to make working with your editor easier. (more…)
Hello, all! Kimberly here from Jera Publishing. Today your self-publishing short is on a big mistake made by authors of illustrated books. When a self-publishing author comes to us for the design of their interior book layout and mentions they have illustrations, I always cringe a little. Why? (more…)
Hello, all! Kimberly here from Jera Publishing. Today your Self-Publishing Short is on ISBNs. ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number. It is a unique number assigned to all distributed books. (By the way, you should not say, “ISBN number,” because, technically, that would be “International Standard Book Number number!”) (more…)
You let out a sigh of relief. You’ve written that last word to complete your book. You’ve self-edited and maybe had friends or family review. You are ready for the next step in self-publishing. The next step may be a professional editor or you may be ready for the interior design process. Either way, these tips will help you make a few final tweaks to your manuscript to get it ready for editing and/or design. (more…)